RMweb Premium jbqfc Posted March 14 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted March 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 Or three Americans... 1 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted March 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 1 minute ago, The Johnster said: Or three Americans... As many as that? 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 It must be American. Who else calls Marathons "Snickers Bars"? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted March 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 Just now, Steamport Southport said: It must be American. Who else calls Marathons "Snickers Bars"? I suppose the quantity of chocolate confectionary depends on if they are inside or outside the Americans? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted March 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, Steamport Southport said: It must be American. Who else calls Marathons "Snickers Bars"? Pedant alert: a lot of people since 1990 when they standardised the name around the globe. Pedant mode de-activated. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Martino Posted March 14 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 14 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: Or three Americans... ..or one person from Hull. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
billbedford Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 (edited) Is this someone you know? Edited March 14 by billbedford 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 29 minutes ago, Metr0Land said: Pedant alert: a lot of people since 1990 when they standardised the name around the globe. Pedant mode de-activated. I confess, I refuse to use that stupid name and still call them Marathons. Yes officer, I’ll come quietly. 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steamport Southport Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 3 minutes ago, Deeps said: I confess, I refuse to use that stupid name and still call them Marathons. Yes officer, I’ll come quietly. Same here. They were bigger back then as well! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 6 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: It must be American. Who else calls Marathons "Snickers Bars"? If it was American mass would be in pounds not kg and the spelling would be Volkswagen. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 10 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: They were bigger back then as well! Or was it simply that you were smaller? 6 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: If it was American mass would be in pounds not kg and the spelling would be Volkswagen. There are some brave US souls keeping the faith for the kilogram - notably at the National Institute of Standards and Technology; they and their Kibble balance were instrumental in the 2019 redefinition. But I suppose their support for the Système international makes them ripe for defunding under a possible future administration. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 (edited) 20 hours ago, Ozexpatriate said: If it was American mass would be in pounds not kg and the spelling would be Volkswagen. Agreed, Americans wouldn't what a kg was to put on a sign. Corrected from Kg. Edited March 15 by kevinlms My mistake 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 10 hours ago, Steamport Southport said: Same here. They were bigger back then as well! Yes, in Australia the size has shrunk. They were made since 1979 locally as Snickers as 50g bars. While the factory was being modernised, they were made in China. On return to manufacturing in Ballarat, Victoria, they have shrunk to 44g. But Mars assure us that the price has stayed the same - that's supposed to make us smile? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 4 hours ago, kevinlms said: Yes, in Australia the size has shrunk. They were made since 1979 locally as Snickers as 50g bars. While the factory was being modernised, they were made in China. The Chinese are only little, so they don't need to eat as much as obese Westerners. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: The Chinese are only little, so they don't need to eat as much as obese Westerners. You've got it wrong, the ones from China were 50g, the same size as made in Australia since 1979. When production returned to Australia the size was reduced. They certainly look smaller and probably puts people off. Edited March 15 by kevinlms Typo 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozexpatriate Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 6 hours ago, kevinlms said: Agreed, Americans wouldn't what a Kg was to put on a sign. And it is "kg" not "Kg" or "KG". The kelvin gram would be a very odd unit, and the "KG" is a Knight Companion of the order of the Garter. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-UnitMad Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 19 hours ago, The Johnster said: Or three Americans... 19 hours ago, Hroth said: As many as that? Ah, the Jeremy Clarkson School of International Diplomacy. 👍 And we wonder why we have a thread here about liking/disliking Foreign layouts.... 🙄😂 Edited March 15 by F-UnitMad 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal Digger Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 (edited) 1 hour ago, Ozexpatriate said: 8 hours ago, kevinlms said: Agreed, Americans wouldn't what a Kg was to put on a sign. And it is "kg" not "Kg" or "KG". The kelvin gram would be a very odd unit, and the "KG" is a Knight Companion of the order of the Garter. Sorry but it is Kg for Kilograms 'μ' = multiply by 10 to the power of -6 'm' = multiply by 10 to the power of -3 'c' = multiply by 10 to the power of -2 as in cm, centimetre 'K' = multiply by 10 to the power of 3 'M' = multiply by 10 to the power of 6 as in Mega..... 'G' = multiply by 10 to the power of 9 I could go on but point proven. Edited March 15 by Canal Digger addition 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 The rich wealth of useful information in this forum never ceases to amaze me. 3 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithMacdonald Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 39 minutes ago, Canal Digger said: 'G' = multiply by 10 to the power of 9 23 minutes ago, Deeps said: The rich wealth of useful information in this forum never ceases to amaze me. 'T' = multiply by 10 to the power of 12 For the minimum number of Terabytes needed to store a copy of all this useless useful information. 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Jeremy Cumberland Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 45 minutes ago, Canal Digger said: Sorry but it is Kg for Kilograms 'μ' = multiply by 10 to the power of -6 'm' = multiply by 10 to the power of -3 'c' = multiply by 10 to the power of -2 as in cm, centimetre 'K' = multiply by 10 to the power of 3 'M' = multiply by 10 to the power of 6 as in Mega..... 'G' = multiply by 10 to the power of 9 I could go on but point proven. It's a small k for kilo-, not a capital K. Kilogram = kg. 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
62613 Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Canal Digger said: Sorry but it is Kg for Kilograms 'μ' = multiply by 10 to the power of -6 'm' = multiply by 10 to the power of -3 'c' = multiply by 10 to the power of -2 as in cm, centimetre 'K' = multiply by 10 to the power of 3 'M' = multiply by 10 to the power of 6 as in Mega..... 'G' = multiply by 10 to the power of 9 I could go on but point proven. Nope! Units are only capitalised if they are named after a person, e.g. Volt, Amp, Watt, Joule, Newton and so on. I've never heard of anyone called kilo. Among the multipliers, the only ones I know of are Mega, Giga and Tera. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canal Digger Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 When I was taught SI units (& prefixes) in school and college, it was nice and simple as I tried to explain above, Upper Case for positive powers to the 10 and Lower Case for the negative, nice and easy, why do anything else? In an effort to prove my point I looked up a definitive source, here is a link. I tried to paste the table but no. Some genius has changed the 'K' to a 'k' for 10 to the power of 3 (as Ozexpatriate says, so I stand corrected facing the corner). Yes I did look at several authoritative websites in an attempt to prove my point. https://www.nist.gov/pml/owm/metric-si-prefixes#:~:text=In the SI%2C designations of,hundredth%2C and one-thousandth. However, such is the mess that have created, the table is inconsistent, surely it should be Terahertz and Gigawatt in the examples? Aggrrgh progress 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Compound2632 Posted March 15 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 15 13 minutes ago, Canal Digger said: However, such is the mess that have created, the table is inconsistent, surely it should be Terahertz and Gigawatt in the examples? No. The symbols are capitalised but not the names when written out. So: 92 MHz but 92 megahertz; 87 N but 87 newton. This is the difinitive guide: https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure. 3 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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